Nicole is a postdoctoral researcher at SPAIS, University of Bristol, working with Prof. Katharine Charsley and Dr Helena Wray (University of Exeter) on the ESRC-funded Research Project: 'UK-EU couples after Brexit: Migrantization and the UK family immigration regime' (2023-2026).
Nicole was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the College of Life & Environmental Sciences, working with Prof. Nick Gill on ASYFAIR (2017 - 2022) – a project investigating asylum appeal courts in Europe. Nicole was the lead researcher of the project, and - as a German native speaker - responsible for conducting research in Germany and Austria. See www.asyfair.com.
Nicole completed her PhD in Anthropology Research at Brunel University London in 2017, conducting extensive ethnographic fieldwork with resettled refugees in the UK, focusing on community development and the practice/policy gap. Her MRes studies (Brunel University London, 2010) were concerned with alternative development strategies and education in South Asia, as well as utilizing qualitative research methods to measure and operationalize policy and development programmes. During her previous studies (BSc and DipHE), Nicole conducted research in migration, education and linguistics.